Hi Andy.. 1. Good luck for the 2nd day..Can you please upload Rehaab PPT in your web site ..It seems an intresting one..
2. Does e4all mag. have a web site ? 3. Sad news really for the kuwaitian guy..God bless his soul.. Ala Al-Radhi Baghdad -----------------end--------------- --- Andy Carvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've just begun the second day of the GCC > e-government conference. The > first speaker of the day, a representative from > Cisco's regional office, > is now presenting. > > I've been pleasantly surprised by the number of > speakers who have > addressed the digital divide in their presentations. > About 75% of the > dozen speakers so far have addressed the issue in > one form or another. > James Jarrett of Intel discussed government-assisted > access programs > around the world, from Brazil's PC Conectado program > to a new initiative > in Saudi Arabia to expand at-home computer access > over the next five years. > > I was particularly interested in Rehab Lootah's > presentation about > Dubai's e-government strategy. She talked about a > new eCitizen > certification initiative. Working with the ICT > training company New > Horizons, Dubai is offering a reduced-cost ICT > training course for local > residents. The full course includes two hours of > basic PC training, two > hours of Internet fundamentals, another two hours of > email fundamentals, > then 10 hours of online services training, focusing > specifically on > e-government. The 10-hour section of the course > shows how to use Dubai's > e-gov portals for registering new vehicles, renewing > health cards, > getting entry permits for friends and family, bill > payments and other > services. Graduates of the course are given access > to a smart card that > allows them to get discounts for various goods and > services across the > city. They've even started publishing a local e-gov > journal for the > general public entitled "e4all" -- a name that > resonated quite well with > me considering my own work on e-government for all, > which I'll be > talking about at the conference later today. > > Sad news to report, though: the Kuwaiti gentleman > who had a heart attack > during the morning conference session yesterday > passed away en-route to > the hospital, we discovered last night. People at > the event clearly seem > rather introspective because of this; our hearts and > prayers are > certainly with his family.... -andy > > -- > ----------------------------------- > Andy Carvin > Program Director > EDC Center for Media & Community > acarvin @ edc . org > http://www.digitaldivide.net > http://www.tsunami-info.org > Blog: http://www.andycarvin.com > ----------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide > To unsubscribe, send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
